A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably 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themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY 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set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 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themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/01
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A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed Continued page 42 40 Model Aviation HAS MOVED INTO LARGER QUARTERS 21658 Cloud Way Hayward CA 94545 CAL 415 783-4868 Out CAL 800 482-8663 L proud announce TATONE PRODUCTS CORPORATION has acquired CB ASSOCIATES PRESgDENT TATONE PRODUCTS cORP4 $975 DISTRIBUTED BY 8975*575 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS*525 FINEST HOBBY SHOPS ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BAiTCHEK RX-1 $1495 flU S Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY st desler Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepsie NY 12601 OGA Designs ee D0 Designs OGA Designs gns DGA Designs 0 *DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest weight Pilots Available 0 * FULL BODY PILOT KIT ekeVtsy ae sbbe pate Easy assenable finish Kit Contains Pilot head hands boots helynet0 cap goggles full tenaplates easy instosotions Fully positionable too.0 tteight-551051-NEW Low Poses-0 oNo206-1/6Scale 1lo2 ozS7 No205 -1/5 Scale 14 30z $891 No2O4 -1/4 Scale 17a 4 oz$ 90101 I-YL7v No 203 1/3 Scale 23s 6oz s1691 10Q SPORTSMAN 5ARNSTORMER- FULL SODY OUSTAll R/C4 5 *BUSTPIT KIT LtosooyllosecpsF 0 Kit COntains Pilot head fleiwet spnt cap ascigles Jacket. .Easy 5 asseoble finish Height- Weight- Low PriceS5 106 yale3151 aceS No105 iSSyale375I-laosA%5It No 104- taScalea-SB 1t fl5*someg NO 103 cale5-34 2-1 404s14%5 simple 10sewleg5 reqaitedQ 5 Aetotatding tealiget etteinablo Plastiss.. 0 ODas the, estenlC light wCjOht Sc cOOtplOlOO lUll DOCy 5 5101 Cbc-ISII have lIttle s no effect calcIfo 551d aiCIllI 0 Send $100 Catalog New York Slate Residonts add 71 sales tax Sond check 10 MO.cOQsAllow 3 weeks tar check clear Ii DGA Designs 00 DAI 00 DGA Designs 42 Model Aviation experience some difficulty stall turnsand no single-stick trans mitters impound Sportsman Advanced competition Some come Nats spectators such John Ulivi Union Lake MI recounted sad familiar story 110-member flying club between fly ing sites Special noise precautions charity flying events community involvement notwithstanding club lost its original flying field state lands took single petitioner arouse inhabitants nearby subdivision po litical response such petition utterly predictable RC models especially short range dont turn everyone onor least same way countrys population growth like game musical chairs reverse number seats stays same group gamesters wanting sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc po Box 3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 9 $225 $225 $195 $195 take hassle out hobby called American Modeler period ical folded middle Seventies temporary hiatus AMA contact members During Clemens presi dency coincided Murrys term office sometime around 1974 AMA Executive Council authorized AMA HQ Carl Wheeley put out fullfledged magazine Today what hold hands attests efforts eminent success Murry tending Nats hobby shop wore shirt embroidered CL Category Contest Director laughingly admitted shirt dated gal named Bev Wisniewski owns 1987 title Whatll now gasped frenzied voice model flared too high above runway about dive weeds beyond just pour coals go round came advice first voice Major Tom Brown USAF served personal pilot Lyndon Johnson during latters vicepresidency friendly counsel came Jack Frisby AMA No 6138 Frisby leaked story after 27-year si lence based Major Browns threat wreaking mayhem upon anyone snitching him anecdotist retired chief scientist now living Miami OK another de lightful member multitude AMA loyalists Jack veteran modeler string records credit Jack store 30 planes Surely wayJacks wife manufactures Guaranteed Recovery Kits sells dollar kits consist large paper bag crying towel Braving trip over unmarked country roads reward seeing Free Flight site action Linda Brown ruled event director Free Flight may seem some low-adrenalin event its still ultraprecise physically demanding contest program day watched Gas Wakefield Rubber Simple sticktype models carry Cox 049 engine noses Pressurized fuel tanks fash ioned baby pacifier nipples adjustable spring-wound timer arm pinches off fuel line after predetermined number seconds horizontal stabilator spring loaded pop up around 300 angle trigger latched rubberband se cures cocked stabilator level attitude sneaky little fuse slow two-minute burn designed creep up rubberband burn half Free Flight contestants goal max flighttwo minutes year fully prepared flier checks CD assigns individual act timer leisure contestant lights fuse cranks up 049 tosses plane vertically sky goes Continued page 138 44 Model Aviation r Flat bottom nose gear SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 513 738-1576 going flying words conjure up images battles balky engines instead carefree days field youre using McDaniel R/C NiStarterTM light plug Ni-StartersTM heavy-duty nicad power will provide up reliable quick starts charge features famous Head LockTM adapter brass reinforcing ring around crimped end really extends its life works sideways inverted information well NiStarter works just go local flying field may have wait NiStartersTM always flying McDaniel RIC Incorporated 12206 Guinever Road ,, Dafr MD 20769 3011464-2260 Tel, 287901 MaDUR NlSTARTER iiL/C Glenn DiE 301414 Pt# D27201 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT Fiberolass Cowlings Canopies Available 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set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 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themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/01
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 138, 139
A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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Aetotatding tealiget etteinablo Plastiss.. 0 ODas the, estenlC light wCjOht Sc cOOtplOlOO lUll DOCy 5 5101 Cbc-ISII have lIttle s no effect calcIfo 551d aiCIllI 0 Send $100 Catalog New York Slate Residonts add 71 sales tax Sond check 10 MO.cOQsAllow 3 weeks tar check clear Ii DGA Designs 00 DAI 00 DGA Designs 42 Model Aviation experience some difficulty stall turnsand no single-stick trans mitters impound Sportsman Advanced competition Some come Nats spectators such John Ulivi Union Lake MI recounted sad familiar story 110-member flying club between fly ing sites Special noise precautions charity flying events community involvement notwithstanding club lost its original flying field state lands took single petitioner arouse inhabitants nearby subdivision po litical response such petition utterly predictable RC models especially short range dont turn everyone onor least same way countrys population growth like game musical chairs reverse number seats stays same group gamesters wanting sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc po Box 3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 9 $225 $225 $195 $195 take hassle out hobby called American Modeler period ical folded middle Seventies temporary hiatus AMA contact members During Clemens presi dency coincided Murrys term office sometime around 1974 AMA Executive Council authorized AMA HQ Carl Wheeley put out fullfledged magazine Today what hold hands attests efforts eminent success Murry tending Nats hobby shop wore shirt embroidered CL Category Contest Director laughingly admitted shirt dated gal named Bev Wisniewski owns 1987 title Whatll now gasped frenzied voice model flared too high above runway about dive weeds beyond just pour coals go round came advice first voice Major Tom Brown USAF served personal pilot Lyndon Johnson during latters vicepresidency friendly counsel came Jack Frisby AMA No 6138 Frisby leaked story after 27-year si lence based Major Browns threat wreaking mayhem upon anyone snitching him anecdotist retired chief scientist now living Miami OK another de lightful member multitude AMA loyalists Jack veteran modeler string records credit Jack store 30 planes Surely wayJacks wife manufactures Guaranteed Recovery Kits sells dollar kits consist large paper bag crying towel Braving trip over unmarked country roads reward seeing Free Flight site action Linda Brown ruled event director Free Flight may seem some low-adrenalin event its still ultraprecise physically demanding contest program day watched Gas Wakefield Rubber Simple sticktype models carry Cox 049 engine noses Pressurized fuel tanks fash ioned baby pacifier nipples adjustable spring-wound timer arm pinches off fuel line after predetermined number seconds horizontal stabilator spring loaded pop up around 300 angle trigger latched rubberband se cures cocked stabilator level attitude sneaky little fuse slow two-minute burn designed creep up rubberband burn half Free Flight contestants goal max flighttwo minutes year fully prepared flier checks CD assigns individual act timer leisure contestant lights fuse cranks up 049 tosses plane vertically sky goes Continued page 138 44 Model Aviation r Flat bottom nose gear SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 513 738-1576 going flying words conjure up images battles balky engines instead carefree days field youre using McDaniel R/C NiStarterTM light plug Ni-StartersTM heavy-duty nicad power will provide up reliable quick starts charge features famous Head LockTM adapter brass reinforcing ring around crimped end really extends its life works sideways inverted information well NiStarter works just go local flying field may have wait NiStartersTM always flying McDaniel RIC Incorporated 12206 Guinever Road ,, Dafr MD 20769 3011464-2260 Tel, 287901 MaDUR NlSTARTER iiL/C Glenn DiE 301414 Pt# D27201 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT Fiberolass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA MODELS byNICKZIROI-I Jets too 516-234-5038 Aileron range 34 up % down whet appetite seasons fun-fly competition stats Scorpion nine recent fun-fly contests 18 first-place awards 16 second-place awards 12 third-place awards isnt impressive enough Scor pion flown exclusively 1985 high point winner High Plains Radio Control Association Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado As name implies fun-fly intended just flown fun same time participants didnt care about winning no would keep score some practice little self-confidence vm *M MO AU HEN EMOlb SCALE 03 PLANS a-ID NANNNEVIATID NA34E 24 SVaaght Cans P40 20SLt2tO525 65935 NS569 15Can J845 Jasay 211332146528 86 4EAF NE2Nt C 19929105824 29Wace TepeeWIsE 15112212452 36Weatled Lysandee 25143716752 25Dane 0460 Sheer 231434166832 29See 100 SurE 15152212 33SCm TI laretee 302545289056 12 35__ inPashasd Lunas 11 21113112 39Cal P36A Fights 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set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 span$1000 F-iS38 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 Carry tile Largest anl Only Stock Kratt Parts World raf alive working KRAFT MIDWEST Authonzed Warranty Service FREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Most Makes Models Converted Tuning Donewith Spectrum Analyzer KRiiK-LINE Also Service AU E/ Futabasaacs Only Full Time Servicenter Ihe Midwest 117 East Main St Northvil le Michigan -iC 48167 E Upper Level Phone 1 -313-348-0085 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN HIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA SHEETS 36 48 30 1/16233 3132 240 1/8 243 3/16249 14 206 1/32337 1/20337 1/163374931 3/323446937 1/9 3547145 3/16 3628255 1/4 3739561 0/16360 3/8 38812471 1/2 3110155 3/4 3165 1/164597648 3/324708456 1/8 48010666 3/1649312275 1/4 411013484 3/8 4165225 1/2 4225261 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/324100 1/84109 3/164120 1/44131 BALSA STiCKS 3648 1/16 11409 1/16 3/010 1/16 1/214 3/32 1/410 3/32w 3/012 3/32 1/216 1/0 1/506 1/6 3/51216 1/8 1/21024 3/16 3/161116 3/16 3/017 3/16 1/22230 1/4 1/41624 1/4 3/01926 1/4 1/22130 14 3/43444 1/4 140 5/165152126 3/9 3/62737 3/6 1/23246 3/5 3/44255 3/0 152 12 1/23603 1/2 3/44682 1/2 159 08 5/840 34 3/467 * VWLIGHT46LB36 48 BALSA TRIANGLES 36 1/41/4 3/83/0 1/2 1/2 3/43/4 1 1 BALSA PLANKS 11 12 13 14 11/23 11/24 22 23 24 33 34 TAPERED SHEETS 1/42 1/43 3/02 3/83 1/23 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,L/l.845 Sn/596 15,/595 30 e/r598 WOOD36 251/22340 361/20349 351/16349 453/32306 051/8367 3/16376 361/4385 853/83115 1541/23139 2003/43220 2001 3300 2751/16470 3603/32491 2251/84100 3253/1641/7 4351/44138 4953/04207 6881/24282 36 55TRAILING EDGE36 051/4132 605/161 1/439 983/811/246 1241/2270 INSTANT CL UE 1 k 298 1 e TO, 298 20 TO/ok 550 2z Thi 500 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa HARD MAPLE 143/8 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/8 3/4 1/2 3/4 BIRCH DOWELS 1/8 31 0 14 516 3/8 18 40 40 90 58 60 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 16412525 1/3212425 1/1612435 1/812400 SPLYBIRCH48 3/3212070 1/812585 31612585 1/412400 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 40 40 45 BASSWOOD 3/16 3/16 3161/4 3/16 3/9 3/161/2 3/10 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/43/0 1/43/4 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/0 3/4 1/21/2 1/2 3/4 48 26 30 38 46 40 42 49 80 60 70 90 90 100 BUNDLE DEALS 201/6336680 201/164361020 203/32336045 153/32436955 151/8336710 101/8436670 15-3/16336900 10-3/16436810 101/4336630 101/4436890 103/8 336050 53/8435625 51/2336540 51/2436855 103/32440045 51/8448485 53/164 5 51/4448620 BALSA HOT LINE Call 806 745-6394 10am -6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Tel PINE STICKS 1/01/81317 1/8141623 1/83/82027 3163/161724 3/16 382332 3161/23040 1/4142837 1/43/03042 141/23447 38 3/8 37 52 SPRUCE STICKS 36 46 1/8 1815 1/8 1/41824 1/8 3/82029 3/16 3162034 1/4 1/43145 1/4 3/83650 3/8 3/84563 3/8 1/25570 1/2 1/25000 12 344088 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 3/8 3/0 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 36 45 01 77 12 Inches LUTE PLY483/83/4/1/0/ 1/801503/83/4/5/32/ 1/8123001/23/4/3/16/ created wing flexure Dick Jeana found themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/01
Page Numbers: 36, 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 138, 139
A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Add 75 shippingMichigan residents add 4% sales tax Bru Line Industries Inc po Box 3786 Center Line Michigan 48015 9 $225 $225 $195 $195 take hassle out hobby called American Modeler period ical folded middle Seventies temporary hiatus AMA contact members During Clemens presi dency coincided Murrys term office sometime around 1974 AMA Executive Council authorized AMA HQ Carl Wheeley put out fullfledged magazine Today what hold hands attests efforts eminent success Murry tending Nats hobby shop wore shirt embroidered CL Category Contest Director laughingly admitted shirt dated gal named Bev Wisniewski owns 1987 title Whatll now gasped frenzied voice model flared too high above runway about dive weeds beyond just pour coals go round came advice first voice Major Tom Brown USAF served personal pilot Lyndon Johnson during latters vicepresidency friendly counsel came Jack Frisby AMA No 6138 Frisby leaked story after 27-year si lence based Major Browns threat wreaking mayhem upon anyone snitching him anecdotist retired chief scientist now living Miami OK another de lightful member multitude AMA loyalists Jack veteran modeler string records credit Jack store 30 planes Surely wayJacks wife manufactures Guaranteed Recovery Kits sells dollar kits consist large paper bag crying towel Braving trip over unmarked country roads reward seeing Free Flight site action Linda Brown ruled event director Free Flight may seem some low-adrenalin event its still ultraprecise physically demanding contest program day watched Gas Wakefield Rubber Simple sticktype models carry Cox 049 engine noses Pressurized fuel tanks fash ioned baby pacifier nipples adjustable spring-wound timer arm pinches off fuel line after predetermined number seconds horizontal stabilator spring loaded pop up around 300 angle trigger latched rubberband se cures cocked stabilator level attitude sneaky little fuse slow two-minute burn designed creep up rubberband burn half Free Flight contestants goal max flighttwo minutes year fully prepared flier checks CD assigns individual act timer leisure contestant lights fuse cranks up 049 tosses plane vertically sky goes Continued page 138 44 Model Aviation r Flat bottom nose gear SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013 AREA CODE 513 738-1576 going flying words conjure up images battles balky engines instead carefree days field youre using McDaniel R/C NiStarterTM light plug Ni-StartersTM heavy-duty nicad power will provide up reliable quick starts charge features famous Head LockTM adapter brass reinforcing ring around crimped end really extends its life works sideways inverted information well NiStarter works just go local flying field may have wait NiStartersTM always flying McDaniel RIC Incorporated 12206 Guinever Road ,, Dafr MD 20769 3011464-2260 Tel, 287901 MaDUR NlSTARTER iiL/C Glenn DiE 301414 Pt# D27201 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT Fiberolass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA MODELS byNICKZIROI-I Jets too 516-234-5038 Aileron range 34 up % down whet appetite seasons fun-fly competition stats Scorpion nine recent fun-fly contests 18 first-place awards 16 second-place awards 12 third-place awards isnt impressive enough Scor pion flown exclusively 1985 high point winner High Plains Radio Control Association Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado As name implies fun-fly intended just flown fun same time participants didnt care about winning no would keep score some practice little self-confidence vm *M MO AU HEN EMOlb SCALE 03 PLANS a-ID NANNNEVIATID NA34E 24 SVaaght Cans P40 20SLt2tO525 65935 NS569 15Can J845 Jasay 211332146528 86 4EAF NE2Nt C 19929105824 29Wace TepeeWIsE 15112212452 36Weatled Lysandee 25143716752 25Dane 0460 Sheer 231434166832 29See 100 SurE 15152212 33SCm TI laretee 302545289056 12 35__ inPashasd Lunas 11 21113112 39Cal P36A Fights 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ThenCe hAT 3o 32 57 36 11465 31Sellansa Nsa 322048249640 33Glans 123 Snsh* 19182920Sf3 27C Sanhauk F7Cl 151223144728 63" 28Ilk Anyklh S38 3625542804 168PEe 5450 Sash 50327535 31Llodya LSlelse 2111311253 ia 10 Plasta 10514 3180w Nasal P510151503166032 31C Opaehwk P9C212121914 3828755507656 31Beelne PIe P45315142254452660399059 30Tannra PlaInIp12918103720493574 5 28Laasle12Asp42321352470529369 ROAD NEPONE OSIENING*318 SCALE 37/32 NIZE PLANS AVAILASLE AT ONE MININlIN 001101SOlDOLLAR UNDERtION SIZE SE SINE TO ASS TOE DID- PRICES FOR ALL DESIGNS AL 10% P55 PACKAGING POSTAGE AND INSINANCE ANGST TOOlS ND ADDITS SAL PLANS 5 MAST SIZES SSs-S7S CATALOG 5200 03/ PSICI LIST ALONE 51 55 415 FOREIGN 53 eve anode anuppy hourS PockedOIClrOflSNll FseodSiC 19/9"s"50' 703073 SIreN/I 001801CIENELANS ON/S 44102 138 Model Aviation can find yourself right up among leaders next fun-flyand Scor pion can help get Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 34 RCt2 through RC34 2 under circumstances crystalswap old AM set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 span$1000 F-iS38 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 Carry tile Largest anl Only Stock Kratt Parts World raf alive working KRAFT MIDWEST Authonzed Warranty Service FREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Most Makes Models Converted Tuning Donewith Spectrum Analyzer KRiiK-LINE Also Service AU E/ Futabasaacs Only Full Time Servicenter Ihe Midwest 117 East Main St Northvil le Michigan -iC 48167 E Upper Level Phone 1 -313-348-0085 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN HIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA SHEETS 36 48 30 1/16233 3132 240 1/8 243 3/16249 14 206 1/32337 1/20337 1/163374931 3/323446937 1/9 3547145 3/16 3628255 1/4 3739561 0/16360 3/8 38812471 1/2 3110155 3/4 3165 1/164597648 3/324708456 1/8 48010666 3/1649312275 1/4 411013484 3/8 4165225 1/2 4225261 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/324100 1/84109 3/164120 1/44131 BALSA STiCKS 3648 1/16 11409 1/16 3/010 1/16 1/214 3/32 1/410 3/32w 3/012 3/32 1/216 1/0 1/506 1/6 3/51216 1/8 1/21024 3/16 3/161116 3/16 3/017 3/16 1/22230 1/4 1/41624 1/4 3/01926 1/4 1/22130 14 3/43444 1/4 140 5/165152126 3/9 3/62737 3/6 1/23246 3/5 3/44255 3/0 152 12 1/23603 1/2 3/44682 1/2 159 08 5/840 34 3/467 * VWLIGHT46LB36 48 BALSA TRIANGLES 36 1/41/4 3/83/0 1/2 1/2 3/43/4 1 1 BALSA PLANKS 11 12 13 14 11/23 11/24 22 23 24 33 34 TAPERED SHEETS 1/42 1/43 3/02 3/83 1/23 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,L/l.845 Sn/596 15,/595 30 e/r598 WOOD36 251/22340 361/20349 351/16349 453/32306 051/8367 3/16376 361/4385 853/83115 1541/23139 2003/43220 2001 3300 2751/16470 3603/32491 2251/84100 3253/1641/7 4351/44138 4953/04207 6881/24282 36 55TRAILING EDGE36 051/4132 605/161 1/439 983/811/246 1241/2270 INSTANT CL UE 1 k 298 1 e TO, 298 20 TO/ok 550 2z Thi 500 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa HARD MAPLE 143/8 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/8 3/4 1/2 3/4 BIRCH DOWELS 1/8 31 0 14 516 3/8 18 40 40 90 58 60 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 16412525 1/3212425 1/1612435 1/812400 SPLYBIRCH48 3/3212070 1/812585 31612585 1/412400 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 40 40 45 BASSWOOD 3/16 3/16 3161/4 3/16 3/9 3/161/2 3/10 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/43/0 1/43/4 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/0 3/4 1/21/2 1/2 3/4 48 26 30 38 46 40 42 49 80 60 70 90 90 100 BUNDLE DEALS 201/6336680 201/164361020 203/32336045 153/32436955 151/8336710 101/8436670 15-3/16336900 10-3/16436810 101/4336630 101/4436890 103/8 336050 53/8435625 51/2336540 51/2436855 103/32440045 51/8448485 53/164 5 51/4448620 BALSA HOT LINE Call 806 745-6394 10am -6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Tel PINE STICKS 1/01/81317 1/8141623 1/83/82027 3163/161724 3/16 382332 3161/23040 1/4142837 1/43/03042 141/23447 38 3/8 37 52 SPRUCE STICKS 36 46 1/8 1815 1/8 1/41824 1/8 3/82029 3/16 3162034 1/4 1/43145 1/4 3/83650 3/8 3/84563 3/8 1/25570 1/2 1/25000 12 344088 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 3/8 3/0 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 36 45 01 77 12 Inches LUTE PLY483/83/4/1/0/ 1/801503/83/4/5/32/ 1/8123001/23/4/3/16/ created wing flexure Dick Jeana found themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY 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Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA MODELS byNICKZIROI-I Jets too 516-234-5038 Aileron range 34 up % down whet appetite seasons fun-fly competition stats Scorpion nine recent fun-fly contests 18 first-place awards 16 second-place awards 12 third-place awards isnt impressive enough Scor pion flown exclusively 1985 high point winner High Plains Radio Control Association Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado As name implies fun-fly intended just flown fun same time participants didnt care about winning no would keep score some practice little self-confidence vm *M MO AU HEN EMOlb SCALE 03 PLANS a-ID NANNNEVIATID NA34E 24 SVaaght Cans P40 20SLt2tO525 65935 NS569 15Can J845 Jasay 211332146528 86 4EAF NE2Nt C 19929105824 29Wace TepeeWIsE 15112212452 36Weatled Lysandee 25143716752 25Dane 0460 Sheer 231434166832 29See 100 SurE 15152212 33SCm TI laretee 302545289056 12 35__ inPashasd Lunas 11 21113112 39Cal P36A Fights 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ThenCe hAT 3o 32 57 36 11465 31Sellansa Nsa 322048249640 33Glans 123 Snsh* 19182920Sf3 27C Sanhauk F7Cl 151223144728 63" 28Ilk Anyklh S38 3625542804 168PEe 5450 Sash 50327535 31Llodya LSlelse 2111311253 ia 10 Plasta 10514 3180w Nasal P510151503166032 31C Opaehwk P9C212121914 3828755507656 31Beelne PIe P45315142254452660399059 30Tannra PlaInIp12918103720493574 5 28Laasle12Asp42321352470529369 ROAD NEPONE OSIENING*318 SCALE 37/32 NIZE PLANS AVAILASLE AT ONE MININlIN 001101SOlDOLLAR UNDERtION SIZE SE SINE TO ASS TOE DID- PRICES FOR ALL DESIGNS AL 10% P55 PACKAGING POSTAGE AND INSINANCE ANGST TOOlS ND ADDITS SAL PLANS 5 MAST SIZES SSs-S7S CATALOG 5200 03/ PSICI LIST ALONE 51 55 415 FOREIGN 53 eve anode anuppy hourS PockedOIClrOflSNll FseodSiC 19/9"s"50' 703073 SIreN/I 001801CIENELANS ON/S 44102 138 Model Aviation can find yourself right up among leaders next fun-flyand Scor pion can help get Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 34 RCt2 through RC34 2 under circumstances crystalswap old AM set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 span$1000 F-iS38 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 Carry tile Largest anl Only Stock Kratt Parts World raf alive working KRAFT MIDWEST Authonzed Warranty Service FREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Most Makes Models Converted Tuning Donewith Spectrum Analyzer KRiiK-LINE Also Service AU E/ Futabasaacs Only Full Time Servicenter Ihe Midwest 117 East Main St Northvil le Michigan -iC 48167 E Upper Level Phone 1 -313-348-0085 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN HIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA SHEETS 36 48 30 1/16233 3132 240 1/8 243 3/16249 14 206 1/32337 1/20337 1/163374931 3/323446937 1/9 3547145 3/16 3628255 1/4 3739561 0/16360 3/8 38812471 1/2 3110155 3/4 3165 1/164597648 3/324708456 1/8 48010666 3/1649312275 1/4 411013484 3/8 4165225 1/2 4225261 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/324100 1/84109 3/164120 1/44131 BALSA STiCKS 3648 1/16 11409 1/16 3/010 1/16 1/214 3/32 1/410 3/32w 3/012 3/32 1/216 1/0 1/506 1/6 3/51216 1/8 1/21024 3/16 3/161116 3/16 3/017 3/16 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1/812400 SPLYBIRCH48 3/3212070 1/812585 31612585 1/412400 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 40 40 45 BASSWOOD 3/16 3/16 3161/4 3/16 3/9 3/161/2 3/10 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/43/0 1/43/4 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/0 3/4 1/21/2 1/2 3/4 48 26 30 38 46 40 42 49 80 60 70 90 90 100 BUNDLE DEALS 201/6336680 201/164361020 203/32336045 153/32436955 151/8336710 101/8436670 15-3/16336900 10-3/16436810 101/4336630 101/4436890 103/8 336050 53/8435625 51/2336540 51/2436855 103/32440045 51/8448485 53/164 5 51/4448620 BALSA HOT LINE Call 806 745-6394 10am -6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Tel PINE STICKS 1/01/81317 1/8141623 1/83/82027 3163/161724 3/16 382332 3161/23040 1/4142837 1/43/03042 141/23447 38 3/8 37 52 SPRUCE STICKS 36 46 1/8 1815 1/8 1/41824 1/8 3/82029 3/16 3162034 1/4 1/43145 1/4 3/83650 3/8 3/84563 3/8 1/25570 1/2 1/25000 12 344088 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 3/8 3/0 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 36 45 01 77 12 Inches LUTE PLY483/83/4/1/0/ 1/801503/83/4/5/32/ 1/8123001/23/4/3/16/ created wing flexure Dick Jeana found themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/01
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A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic 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set new low-band chan nel Dont fly anyone has done insists knows right ess person can show spectrum alyzer knows what talking about 3 If suffer interference spread out Make use Owen Blacks Pacific plan see column May 1987 issueor something equivalentto set up flight lines minimize possible interference combinations ITS ALL UP TO YOU George M Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Premiered/Berman Continued page 44 well plane climbs straight up until engine cuts out after 10 seconds Now plane levels out becomes glider air borne full time two minutes being opti mal plane gives fuse its chance rubberband zapped stabilator pops up cruiser DTs dethermal izes ideal course things ship now descends gently sometimes por poising motion lands too far away Nebraska winds behave didnt mostly Retrieval came matter strenuous cross-country trek resourceful Free Flight ers eased saddling up motorbikes ATVs Few midair worries contest Cunningham family anyway Gas challenging enough have bridged generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 span$1000 F-iS38 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 Carry tile Largest anl Only Stock Kratt Parts World raf alive working KRAFT MIDWEST Authonzed Warranty Service FREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Most Makes Models Converted Tuning Donewith Spectrum Analyzer KRiiK-LINE Also Service AU E/ Futabasaacs Only Full Time Servicenter Ihe Midwest 117 East Main St Northvil le Michigan -iC 48167 E Upper Level Phone 1 -313-348-0085 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN HIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA SHEETS 36 48 30 1/16233 3132 240 1/8 243 3/16249 14 206 1/32337 1/20337 1/163374931 3/323446937 1/9 3547145 3/16 3628255 1/4 3739561 0/16360 3/8 38812471 1/2 3110155 3/4 3165 1/164597648 3/324708456 1/8 48010666 3/1649312275 1/4 411013484 3/8 4165225 1/2 4225261 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/324100 1/84109 3/164120 1/44131 BALSA STiCKS 3648 1/16 11409 1/16 3/010 1/16 1/214 3/32 1/410 3/32w 3/012 3/32 1/216 1/0 1/506 1/6 3/51216 1/8 1/21024 3/16 3/161116 3/16 3/017 3/16 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1/812400 SPLYBIRCH48 3/3212070 1/812585 31612585 1/412400 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 40 40 45 BASSWOOD 3/16 3/16 3161/4 3/16 3/9 3/161/2 3/10 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/43/0 1/43/4 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/0 3/4 1/21/2 1/2 3/4 48 26 30 38 46 40 42 49 80 60 70 90 90 100 BUNDLE DEALS 201/6336680 201/164361020 203/32336045 153/32436955 151/8336710 101/8436670 15-3/16336900 10-3/16436810 101/4336630 101/4436890 103/8 336050 53/8435625 51/2336540 51/2436855 103/32440045 51/8448485 53/164 5 51/4448620 BALSA HOT LINE Call 806 745-6394 10am -6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Tel PINE STICKS 1/01/81317 1/8141623 1/83/82027 3163/161724 3/16 382332 3161/23040 1/4142837 1/43/03042 141/23447 38 3/8 37 52 SPRUCE STICKS 36 46 1/8 1815 1/8 1/41824 1/8 3/82029 3/16 3162034 1/4 1/43145 1/4 3/83650 3/8 3/84563 3/8 1/25570 1/2 1/25000 12 344088 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 3/8 3/0 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 36 45 01 77 12 Inches LUTE PLY483/83/4/1/0/ 1/801503/83/4/5/32/ 1/8123001/23/4/3/16/ created wing flexure Dick Jeana found themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/01
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A first-time visitor competitor Nats bound get different impress ion grizzled veteran Since modelers nev er get chance make Nats thought would good idea present report first-timers point view U Fred Berman IF WHAT WANTED challenges hurdles vivid memories couldnt have picked better year first Nats experience Much own surprise flew full five-round RC Pattern sched ule Lincoln tarmac summer damage plane minimal super ficial wasnt easy Never before experienced concrete runways Maria-a-la-Nebraska winds would have considered unfit practice back home fellow contestant hails Oklahoma chided personal truism Sooners worried like about wind wed never fly Perhaps what 36 Model Aviation Two former AMA Presidents get together Johnny Clemens L Earl Witt Johnnys shirt says Im genuine antique Hes AMA long enough earn author says Believe gadget middle automatic bubble blower Free Flighters use rising bubbles visually determine best lilt occurring guessed next flight neardisaster takeoff run looked like snake dance in-flight rolls simulated tipsy albatross Whats extending gear prior landing right wheel made like clock pendulum helper unwittingly forced pushrod connector out en gagement luckythe strut locked down long enough eggcrate-style touchdown next round course back normal Super K flier now back home ship safely nestled its hangar pi lots real little plastic pilot full head hair minor case con crete rash neatly medicated what unforgettable experience Focusing Pattern contest first word praise due Pattern Director John Embry Anything fearsome martinet John mild-mannered helpmate ever ready pour oil troubled wa ters whenever waves kicked up flying took place side active airport sort sideline pairs trios F-4 Phantoms roared overhead noticeably muf fling effect noise airplanes made two-strokers sounded fairly innocuous environment tarmac just hugewhat expanse concrete much room fact staking down tent flies judges transmitter impound no problem January 1988 37 Meet Michael Wilson Oklahoma City OK Mikes talented personable competitor whos steadily working way up ranks jury may Out judges Pattern judges defendant stands sun left backed up advocate caller battles wind charge transmitter Impound area Corwin Dudley Rockwell City IA Corwin says turned modeling because gets airsick flying biggies ready boxes chalked off rectangles ground familiar cubicles background staging areas pilots waiting fly Pattern maneuver schedule really saying senior citizens Well thin-thatched Pattern appren belong a-rocking front porches wait-tice did get some help couple ing mailman drop off Socialwell-meaning Californians decided Security checks instead mixing up withSuper Kaos needed re-rigging less aileron hawk-eye-in-the-sky nimble-gamboland rudder Also arriving pits realized neglected extend planes landing gear before relinquishing transmitter impound No prob lem said well power down servo handdo time Like father like son now like grandson Vic Cunnyngham Sr L Nats winner 1957 son Vic Jr R won 1968 Grandson Jeff now carries family tradition Workers like Murry Frank whos veteran 20 Nats essential putting Mega-contest almost 1000 competitors down side though vast con crete plain offered no shade competitors totally exposed ele Don McPherson wraps up year did staff workers behind Nationals will back next year though time Virginia Beach again Hard work doesnt end begin Nats man Jack Frisby got involved kneedeep activities local club itiated purchase its new flying field ments After careful Gold Star transmitter check following AMA standards John safety captain Earl Witt gave us pilot briefing Standing left judges pilot backed mechanic Clyde Grubbs Jamestown ND better moniker wife Jean mechanicker call girl m before gets hot spot must work ones way up through three ready boxes Actually term box may bit generousthree squares chalked off concrete sim ilar way game hopscotch laid out Truth tell term ready also needs amplification Never saw ready planes Balky engines balky radios intractable landing gears ver glitchCorwin Dudly master Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation Burt Rutan Individualist first engineer innovator banquet speaker etc second certainly lets forget modeler too Burts challenges modeling fraternity something should take long hard look see too couldnt ac complished added record books big circus tent added festive atmosphere served nerve center hobby shop meeting place information booth week-long running Nationals Jim isern L Pattern line directors talks Pattern flier mechanic asking Bill Harden Both guys exemplify camaraderie present modeling clan Engine Mounts Fourmost 049/051 Airf 10 Engine Mount Price $400 Tne unique wrap-around design Airflo Mounts provide reduced drag clean sturdy vibration free front end Fourmost Products 4040 24th Avenue Forest Grove Oregon 97116 5031 357-2732 BSS SMIflflHI END WE WEIRD sao GabreI Road dero CA 93422 493-1717 impound saw used scanner check transmitter making certain its channel clear before handing out Corwin over 200 volunteers wouldnt Nats Jim Isern Norman OK jovial line director staged fliers routed score sheets between judges computer terminal also keeper frequency clipsand single case radio cross talk People like Corwin Jim forego own Nats participation about 1 000 registered contestants can thing Ah yes Thing ts model olympics tiny gyrating specks carving enormous geometrical forms ozone have less photo genic Mary Lou doing vault Control Line Combat different story naturallyespecially result midair combatants lost grip handle model took off dragged steel wires across set nearby power lines setting off fireworks causing loss house-power num ber local businesses utility line crews responded quickly undid dam age accustomed professional mannerafter closed off main roadway Nats site Sooner practice winds does pay off So talent youth persever ance young man Oklahoma City Michael Wilson finished high among 54 Sportsman competitors systems en gineer IBM Mike ably represented Baxter Field Flying Club Amazingly started flying two years ago does practice seven days week Mike trophy-bound flier sure also willing mechanic anyone needing such service William Harden Derby KS another such Bill good enough teach some ropes judges vantage point example aim level entry level exit maneuver Bill condenser evaporative memory regarding maneuver sequence became relief valve competition boiler pressure just sampling warm cam araderie among contestants astound ing Mutual cooperation rather man himself rule course some fliers thought performance fell below norm Terry Tengler archi tect Spring TX believed did really find groove until final round Clyde Grubbs another first-time competitor decided Astro-Hog ancestor won Nats 1957 overwhelmed Nebraska breezes withdrew after Round Two surely will back next Nats prepared whichever way may blowing wind-navigable Pattern bird exception three Super Kaos models entrants purebred Pat tern ships Super-K models seemed 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sit down grows round overflow may tend claim vacant flying sites sentimental old pro like Johnny Clem ens can hardly classed mere specta tor journeys Nats Johnny Texas John Man Big D irrepressible little guy whos giant disguise T-shirt proclaims him historic sightand certainly John has helped make AMA history bulk its 50-year existenceas vicepresident president general handy man especially upbeat drummer closest friends know physical handicaps Johnny conceals gal lantly Lincoln spend night hospital hemorrhaged accidentally reopening old opera tion lost perhaps third blood vertical following day back AMA tent Texas humor fully intact deep-in-the-heart twinlde announced AMA reached new Lowe Thats misspel ling thats Johnnys way approving AMAs new president Don Lowe Johnny has years gallant pillar hobby/sport think misfortunes modeling champion has overcome disastrous arson fire hobby shop being latest reduced humbly tipping hats him Johnnys fellow Texan Murry Frank another nostalgic volunteer worker making possible former District 8 vice-president Wichita Falls Murry dryly asserted town build falls just could honestly wear its name Murry attending 20th Nats son Dr Sandy Frank caught modeling bug dad flies wide variety models As Free Flight category director Sandy another member Lincoln volunteer regiment Murry reflected history Model Aviation magazine mag started life eight-page 6 x 9-in newsletter later became insert hobby magazine Continued page 44 NEW NEW GLASS FILLED MOTOR MOUNTS 0405 1011 1519 2025 3035 4045 40451 5060 6070 195 225 235 245 255 275 300 325 325 OEM BULK INQUIRES INVITED Featuring LONG GLASS FILLED NYLON FOR STRENGTH AND STABILITY Alignment Lines Mounting Interchangeable Kraft * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse Cat No 202 Air Cleaner Fine Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 Pkl2 Inserts Coarse Cat No 204 Pk/2 Inserts Fine FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY 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generation gap Vic Sr AMA No 984 won Nats 1957 Vic Jr re peated feat 1968 Olathe KS plane own design Now grandson Jeff showing sign being primed same distinction Guess some us have shown planes can fly radio stuffing Another stellar Nats event Wed nesday night banquet held huge hall Lincoln fairgrounds Guest speaker Burt Rutan uncon ventional canards designs Per haps 400 modelers wives listened spellbinding account perils Voyager Burt left no doubt anyones mind despite its successful conclusion brother Dick copilot Jeana Yeager definitely risk during historic flight thing Voyager never flown full takeoff weight prior record attempt Second some fuel leakage resulted wing tips scraping during takeoff roll Equally serious crew discomfort result tossing motion 4 DC-a15 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR251 Span$3000 A6M5 ZERO251 Span$3000 CURTIS P40251 Span$3000 AT-6 TEXAN24 Span$3000 F8F BEARCAT25 Spans3000 FOKKERDR-1 27 Trips82700 Order Plans RK-20 RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggan32 span$1000 F-iS38 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 Carry tile Largest anl Only Stock Kratt Parts World raf alive working KRAFT MIDWEST Authonzed Warranty Service FREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Most Makes Models Converted Tuning Donewith Spectrum Analyzer KRiiK-LINE Also Service AU E/ Futabasaacs Only Full Time Servicenter Ihe Midwest 117 East Main St Northvil le Michigan -iC 48167 E Upper Level Phone 1 -313-348-0085 WE ARE SHOOTING DOWN HIGH BALSA PRICES WITH SUPER QUALITY Satisfaction Guaranteed Direct Only BALSA SHEETS 36 48 30 1/16233 3132 240 1/8 243 3/16249 14 206 1/32337 1/20337 1/163374931 3/323446937 1/9 3547145 3/16 3628255 1/4 3739561 0/16360 3/8 38812471 1/2 3110155 3/4 3165 1/164597648 3/324708456 1/8 48010666 3/1649312275 1/4 411013484 3/8 4165225 1/2 4225261 MATCHED SHEETS 42 3/324100 1/84109 3/164120 1/44131 BALSA STiCKS 3648 1/16 11409 1/16 3/010 1/16 1/214 3/32 1/410 3/32w 3/012 3/32 1/216 1/0 1/506 1/6 3/51216 1/8 1/21024 3/16 3/161116 3/16 3/017 3/16 1/22230 1/4 1/41624 1/4 3/01926 1/4 1/22130 14 3/43444 1/4 140 5/165152126 3/9 3/62737 3/6 1/23246 3/5 3/44255 3/0 152 12 1/23603 1/2 3/44682 1/2 159 08 5/840 34 3/467 * VWLIGHT46LB36 48 BALSA TRIANGLES 36 1/41/4 3/83/0 1/2 1/2 3/43/4 1 1 BALSA PLANKS 11 12 13 14 11/23 11/24 22 23 24 33 34 TAPERED SHEETS 1/42 1/43 3/02 3/83 1/23 LONE STAR EPOXY 9,L/l.845 Sn/596 15,/595 30 e/r598 WOOD36 251/22340 361/20349 351/16349 453/32306 051/8367 3/16376 361/4385 853/83115 1541/23139 2003/43220 2001 3300 2751/16470 3603/32491 2251/84100 3253/1641/7 4351/44138 4953/04207 6881/24282 36 55TRAILING EDGE36 051/4132 605/161 1/439 983/811/246 1241/2270 INSTANT CL UE 1 k 298 1 e TO, 298 20 TO/ok 550 2z Thi 500 CUSTOM CUT CONTEST BALSA Sheets Piece ed Close Tolerances AAA Grade Dried ped 100% a serious modeler want performance must try 4-6 lb balsa HARD MAPLE 143/8 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/8 3/4 1/2 3/4 BIRCH DOWELS 1/8 31 0 14 516 3/8 18 40 40 90 58 60 36 09 11 14 25 32 3PLYBIRCH48 16412525 1/3212425 1/1612435 1/812400 SPLYBIRCH48 3/3212070 1/812585 31612585 1/412400 GROOVED LG MOUNTS 40 40 45 BASSWOOD 3/16 3/16 3161/4 3/16 3/9 3/161/2 3/10 3/4 1/4 1/4 1/43/0 1/43/4 3/8 3/8 3/81/2 3/0 3/4 1/21/2 1/2 3/4 48 26 30 38 46 40 42 49 80 60 70 90 90 100 BUNDLE DEALS 201/6336680 201/164361020 203/32336045 153/32436955 151/8336710 101/8436670 15-3/16336900 10-3/16436810 101/4336630 101/4436890 103/8 336050 53/8435625 51/2336540 51/2436855 103/32440045 51/8448485 53/164 5 51/4448620 BALSA HOT LINE Call 806 745-6394 10am -6pm Central Time LONE STAR MODELS 1623 57th St Lubbock TX 79412 Tel PINE STICKS 1/01/81317 1/8141623 1/83/82027 3163/161724 3/16 382332 3161/23040 1/4142837 1/43/03042 141/23447 38 3/8 37 52 SPRUCE STICKS 36 46 1/8 1815 1/8 1/41824 1/8 3/82029 3/16 3162034 1/4 1/43145 1/4 3/83650 3/8 3/84563 3/8 1/25570 1/2 1/25000 12 344088 SPRUCE TRIANGLES 3/8 3/0 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4 36 45 01 77 12 Inches LUTE PLY483/83/4/1/0/ 1/801503/83/4/5/32/ 1/8123001/23/4/3/16/ created wing flexure Dick Jeana found themselves battered bruised physically unwell As werent enough motion curtailed sleep averaged 1 hours daily nine days Voyager clouds less 30 minutes total pi lots may have tempted several times cut flight short Somehow though found resolve sustain hopes collaborated achiev ing record-setting goal However Dick Jeana confess would never re peat adventure Burt came across personable articu late utterly scientific inspiring hu morous individual charged avionics industry being slow change afraid innovate shackled countrys legal system Burts suggested remedy latter dilemma best remains unreported imaginuity nothing short legen dary didnt disappoint hearers Burt suggested instance nonstop RC flight New York San Francisco certainly achievable joking touched project human-powered flight capable attaining earth orbit Probably No ones perfect time though Rumor has Burt Rutan Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester flying CL Combat borrowed ships Tsk tsk tsk quite show hear does Nats exist have competition games Throughout re corded history probably earlier sports have important human society Looking western world alone see changing pageant competitors Greek Olympians Roman gladiators medieval jousting knights Spanish bull fighters Today list international na tional local contests could fit inside Manhattan phone directory Peace loving though likes consider himself man woman seeks test mettle rank himself against fellowsor least take sides competition per sonally engaged support ball teams jockeys racers pugilists golfers ath letes attests game spirit Directly vicariously man contest minded includes verbal contests like North Liman Yes have heard cry use everybodys AMA money Nats best 1% members participate Hold everything just minute Ive got straight horses mouth apology Don Lowe aim Nats self supporting Whats has happened though regu larly often deficit few grand maximum per-member cost 25 cents usually fraction would really vote squelch model olympics can envision car boat competitions future Let make clear am no way obligated AMA magazine extol virtues Academy nor aspire someday become its offi cers Mine spontaneous tribute put Nats just seems tremendous achieve ment Finding suitable site willing host club hundreds volunteer workers gambling attendance weather financesall make Nats valiant admirable undertaking same heap dollars went entry fees trip expenses could have purchased fancy completely outfit ted Pattern ship what good such plane cant loft likes Nats Yes thats talkingthe uncham pion inept peon modeldom ranked 49th among 54 entrants cate gory stranger concrete semi-gales fancier higher speed maneuvers quasi-suitable Super Kaos space vehicle Oh ex cuses know something Now Ive premiered Nats wouldnt miss other battle cry Just wait till next year Ill have Aurora just like Steve Helms Chip Hydes mean Ill practice practice practicebut wind sock stands out straight sideways Come think maybe Id better build least two Auroras responding advertisers 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